2023 in Review: Around The World & Back Again
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Ah, 2020 – the year that needs no introduction.
Suffice it to say that 2020 looked nothing like I’d imagined or planned. It was supposed to be the year I went back to my nomadic roots, traipsing around Australia, traveling to the US for work and family, and gallivanting around Europe again before returning to Sydney and finding a new home for myself.
At the start of 2020, I declared my plans to move out of my Bondi apartment and be nomadic for most of the year.
Then COVID-19 came and turned EVERYTHING upside-down for everyone.
Oh hey guys! Well geez, things have changed since my last personal update in late January.
It probably goes without saying that I’m not in the US right now as originally planned.
I can hardly believe that after 3 blissful years as a leaseholder in Bondi Beach, I’ve thrown in the towel and hit reset on my Australian life.
Yep that’s right – I’m officially back to being a nomad!
Oh boy. 2019 was a bit of a doozy, let me just say.
I had every intention of living a balanced year in which I’d make new friends and strengthen my bonds with my existing friends, go on copious adventures with said friends, do a bit of traveling, do a bit of personal development work, and grow my blog.
I just wrapped up a 10-day road trip around the Eyre Peninsula, a part of South Australia you don’t really hear much about. It’s definitely not a tourist hotspot – and though it deserves to be visited and raved about, I’m kind of glad it’s a hidden gem.
July and August saw me escaping Sydney’s winter as much as I could manage. It’s by no means intolerable or even unpleasant (think 60F mostly-sunny days, often with wind), but I really struggle with it after several months of hot beach days.
This isn’t a post I ever imagined I’d be publishing on my travel blog.
This isn’t something I ever thought I’d actually do in my life.
Yet here I am, reflecting on the healing session I had with a psychic medium back in May when I was in Melbourne.